Word: concealment
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...immediate hope was the R. A. F. Last week Air Secretary Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons: "I cannot conceal from the House my own belief that the war is about to enter a grimmer phase. It will be no easy task to defeat Nazi Germany, but it can and will be done, and my confidence is primarily based on the achievements of the R. A. F. and sister services...
...Kichisaburo Nomura, who had been greeted warmly in Hawaii by Admiral James 0. Richardson, but had found his reception chillier as he traveled east. President Roosevelt greeted him as "my old friend," but wore an air of utmost gravity. At his press conference the President made no effort to conceal the seriousness of U. S.-Japanese relations. The U. S., he indicated, might be "forced" into war in the Pacific. Yet how much it would take to force the U. S. into war, even the President probably did not know, and, if he did, he would not tell Japan...
...London, where a well-trimmed imperial might nowadays conceal a secret agent, a policeman looked suspiciously at bearded Bank of England Governor Montagu Norman inspecting a bomb crater near the Bank, asked him whether he had any business there. Norman replied casually that he worked in a bank. "Well, sir," sniffed the bobby, "how about buzzing off and doing a bit of banking...
...ears won't predominate. They quickly learn that a new comer like Ingrid Bergman must be shot from the left as her face is expressionless from the other side. They are careful with close-ups of older beauties like Claudette Colbert and Marlene Dietrich, keeping them motionless to conceal the wrinkles that make-up and careful lighting won't hide. Photographing rubber chins and putty noses on a bias to avoid detection is a matter of course...
...mild at first. Those who forgot or for any other reason were unable to register will have to do so. Those refusing to register as conscientious objectors will be forced to in court and probably will lose any right to plead for deferment. Draft dodgers who attempt to conceal themselves will face the F.B.I. and be liable to a $10,000 fine or five years in prison...